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Last Sunday WKCC hosted a ladies playboating clinic on the Mehama to Stayton run (N. Santiam). There were 9 ladies (from PDX, “Cor-vegas” and Eugene) and it was great to meet and paddle with new and old faces. theDave heard 9 ladies would be there and snook into the clinic; he didnt even bother to shave to try to fit in- the cheek of it! EJ Etherington kindly joined us as our guest instructor. The focus of the day was to surf on the Dead Cow Wave but we also had many opportunities to play along the way. We practiced double pumps and flatwater cartwheels on the flatwater sections. We also spent some time working on stern squirts and enders at eddy lines. Everyone styled the stern squirts and a few of the ladies were leading into cartwheels from their enders. Great to watch. We arrived at the wave to find it was a little on the high end- 3030 CFS; but still fun. Here are some select photos from the event, thanks to EJ Etherington. (L to R) Cate surfing her C1, me going for a bounce before a blunt, Ashley taking a break in the sun and Grace happy to be on the water. Further photos (by EJ) can be found here

I also put together a video of us squirting, surfing and hanging out…

CLICK HERE FOR THE GOOGLE VIDEO

…it may be helpful to take a peak at it for some video analysis.